72: Strange disease

That's true. Someone who can afford a Late Blood Refinement Stage Martial Artist like Bai Sanren as a bodyguard probably isn't short on money.

Moreover, I currently lack yuan energy and really need the xuan yin stone for replenishment... Han Yi's thoughts churned.

Han Yi was no longer polite, accepted the xuan yin stone, and put it in hisArms。

He had just barely pieced together a garment from his tattered clothes.

"Alright, this mission is complete. Let's go back, turn in the mission, and collect the reward!"

After a thorough check and finding nothing unusual, Bai Sanren stood up and said.

"No, we haven't been to the burial ground in Dazhuang Village yet!"

Qian Xue bit her fingertip, her voice suddenly rising.

"My dear girl, what if there's danger there? You're already injured this time..."

Bai Sanren smacked his lips and said irritably.

"I'm not a child anymore. Every time there's danger, you tell me to go back. What kind of training is that?"

"Besides, my injury has already healed..."

Qian Xue waved her fair arm, which only had a shallow scratch.

The self-healing ability of a Refining Bone Stage Martial Artist combined with the 'Hemostatic Powder' produced by the Crimson Flame Sect had an excellent effect.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Qian Xue, Bai Sanren gave Han Yi a look.

"I feel that now is also the best time to investigate the burial ground in Dazhuang Village..."

Bai Sanren thought Han Yi could help persuade Qian Xue, but unexpectedly, he said such words.

It wasn't that Han Yi was acting selfishly, wanting to increase the mission reward; he was just curious to see if he could find the reason for the wild dogs' mutation.

Before, the village chief of Dazhuang Village had also led militiamen to patrol the graveyard, and the greatest danger they encountered was this group of mutated wild dogs.

Now that this group of wild dogs has been cleared, the biggest threat has been resolved, making it indeed a good opportunity for investigation.

He was originally considering whether to propose this idea, given that his companion was injured.

But unexpectedly, Qian Xue's opinion coincided with his own...

Bai Sanren rubbed his forehead, tapped his finger, and seeing that he couldn't argue with the two of them, said helplessly, "Go, you can, but this time everything is according to my arrangements. If I say retreat, leave immediately!"

Han Yi and Qian Xue nodded in agreement.

Woo~ woo!

Following the forest path, as soon as they exited the small woods, a dilapidated mass grave came into view.

It was clearly the hottest time of the day with the red sun overhead, but the chilling wind that suddenly rose from the graves made one feel bone-chillingly cold.

The soil in this area seemed very fertile, and the few locust trees around the mass grave grew exceptionally tall. The thick trunks were probably too large for three adult men to embrace together, and the locust leaves swayed wildly like ghostly claws in the cold wind.

Inside the graveyard were scattered bones and broken coffins all over the ground. One could even see yellowish excrement that looked like it was left by wild dogs on a collapsed tombstone.

This collapsed tombstone seemed to be quite old, covered with bluish-black moss the size of elm coins. Its surface showed signs of weathering and pits from wind and rain, and the inscription was already blurred. The parts that were still discernible only showed that the tomb owner's surname was Liu.

"Ah!"

Qian Xue exclaimed. As she walked, she kicked a skull. Nearby, there were deep pits dug by wild dogs and a straw mat.

"These wild dogs, they really deserve to die!"

Bai Sanren, who had always valued the concept of 'respecting the earth for burial, the dead are paramount,' couldn't help but curse upon seeing this scene.

The three walked a large circle around the mass grave, finding nothing except the traces of destruction left by the wild dogs.

Of course, Han Yi didn't forget to scan with the System, but besides a few crows, snakes, and insects, he didn't see anything else unusual.

Right, there's also a 'Revealing Evil Talisman'.

Han Yi thought of something.

Bai Sanren had bought three, used two, and one was still on Han Yi.

Hiss, hiss

After the 'Revealing Evil Talisman' was activated, wisps of green smoke rose.

There really is something wrong here, Han Yi's slightly pale face, his eyes narrowed.

The green smoke swirled on the Talisman, drifting in circles towards one direction.

The 'Revealing Evil Talisman' can detect the flow of yin energy in the surroundings.

The three walked in the direction indicated by the green smoke, and after a short while, they reached the edge of the mass grave, where the green smoke stopped moving.

Here, a somewhat new coffin lid was smashed into the soil, and several coffin boards were scattered around haphazardly, with some gnawing marks on them.

Next to it, there were also a few black wild grasses whose leaves resembled human heads.

"Those are 'Ghost Lanterns', they only grow in places with heavy and damp yin energy."

Bai Sanren squatted down, examining everything around him.

"This is a new grave. Look at the soil here, and the marks from digging with a shovel. It must be a tomb from not long ago."

He stated his conclusion with certainty.

"Old man Bai, you don't need to tell me that, isn't there a tombstone?" Qian Xue rolled her eyes.

"Oh, I didn't notice..."

Bai Sanren chuckled and stroked his beard.

"Da Xuan Dynasty... Dazhuang Village resident, Zhang Li Shi, died in..."

Han Yi read out the words on the tombstone, word by word.

Dazhuang Village, Li Zhang Shi?

If a woman surnamed Zhang married a man surnamed Li, the formal address would be 'Li Zhang Shi', indicating that she was the wife of the Li family.

A few days ago, Old Li's wife from the village went to An Yan City and contracted a cold on the way back, dying immediately upon her return...

Han Yi suddenly remembered what the village chief Zhang in Dazhuang Village had said earlier.

"The date also matches..." He looked at the birth and death dates recorded on the tombstone and murmured to himself.

"Han Boy, what are you spacing out here for?"

"I'm thinking if this tomb belongs to that middle-aged woman from the woods..."

"Just move this coffin lid aside!"

After a series of events, Qian Xue seemed to have become much bolder.

"No hurry... let me think..."

Bai Sanren stared at the green smoke on the 'Revealing Evil Talisman'.

He held the 'Revealing Evil Talisman' near the tomb, testing back and forth, but the green smoke remained very weak, just a faint wisp.

"Open it, there shouldn't be a big problem."

No one spoke.

Han Yi looked left and right, finding that Bai Sanren and Qian Xue were both watching him.

His mouth twitched. He understood, this kind of dirty and tiring work would still fall on him. Who told him that his Xuan Tie Sword was convenient for digging!

Swish!

The Xuan Tie Sword was unsheathed. Han Yi swung it casually, and large amounts of soil splattered, revealing the complete coffin.

Strangely, although the coffin had been dug out by wild dogs, the coffin lid was still tightly sealed on top.

Could it be that they guessed wrong, and the source of the wild dogs' mutation has nothing to do with the strange illness A Qiu mentioned?